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I don't know what to think. He could have just chosen to go this way, or he could be out there and I can't find him. He wasn't sickly, but he did have something about his eyes that morning that made him look like he might not be long for this world. But that was just a thought I had, he didn't seem ill at all.

Xena, I think you are probably right to say that I shouldn't be certain he is passed on. I'm not sure what could have lured him away, but it is spring in the coastal hills just south of San Francisco, and he does like to catch mice so maybe that is something to consider. I live in an in-law apartment under a main house which does have a couple cats. One is very mellow and has some (non-communicable) allergy that made him lose most of his hair, and the other one seemed to be friendly enough to Meowth. There are also 2 dogs there, one huge but slow Irish Wolfhound and a tiny, but loud long hair daschund. A possibility is that something happened with one of these animals, but I've checked the nearby yards where he may have had access to run and hide. He's pretty confident around other animals and holds his space around dogs - swatting at them and not backing down, so I'm not sure he'd go too far just because of another domestic animal. At our old place, the little border terrier and he became good friends, as well as at least one other cat from the neighborhood who would actually come in the house (we left the sliding door open most of the time) and eat Meowth's food. And Meowth wouldn't mind, he was a generous fellow.

I feel so ill and immobilized that I let this happen. I admit that I've kind of stopped looking for him. I'm becoming very depressed and not dealing with anything other than what I have to. For the past 5 days, I've come home and just do nothing. It's been 13 days that he's been gone. I'm so scared to look through the brush on the hillside outside my place thinking I'll find his body. But, I don't think he would be just under African lily leaves or something just to hide.

Should I go put some boots on and scour the hillside looking for him? Revive my efforts to look for him and fight becoming very immobilized over this? Post more posters over the hillside? Look for him under more decks in the neighborhood?

I'm so confused between "accepting what happened" and feeling like I'll go crazy if I keep looking for him and not having him turn up day after day. I so admire everyone who has looked so hard for their dear pals. I just feel that if he were alive, I or someone would have seen or heard him by now.

Is it still in the time frame that he could be alive if he were stuck somewhere for almost 2 weeks? I think he's more of a survivor, and wouldn't be stuck. He very well could be getting his own food, or there are people who feed strays in my neighborhood, who have the flyer I made and said they'd keep an eye out for him.

I'm really getting immobilized about this. I have used litter and some emptied cans of tuna fish on my patio I need to pick up. I want to work on my hillside/garden area that has wood planks over it that serves as a cat bridge to the next yard up (just 5 feet away, and isn't suspended, just laying over the area of dirt and decaying trimmings) but look out my window and think he's out there and I just get despondent and don't want to do anything. I feel like if I change anything about the scenery here, he won't recognize things and come back. I really thought he'd be back by now.

Sorry this is so poorly written, and thank you for reading or have any positive advice to offer if you do.

Meowth is back!!!!! I am beyond words; this feels like a miracle! It's been 15 days since he left and he was found across the street and down one house! Well, my access is in the back of the house, and I was expecting him to be found further up the hill from where I live, since I had a pretty solid seeming sighting of him the night he went missing...

Anyhow, he looks fine, great even! All I can say is never give up! I feel so fortunate especially since I haven't been going out calling him for almost the past week. In my heart I felt like he was either fine and having a fun adventure (which he was), but also never getting resolve on that so I had some very sad thoughts about what could have happened to him.

The neighbor, who I've spoken with a bit since he's been missing and has 2 indoor/outdoor cats, called around 7pm this evening saying she was pretty sure she saw him. I went over, found a whole new deck he could be under along w/ a perfectly clear animal trail that I feel like a fool for never checking or asking about. Anyhow, I brought the flashlight, some freshly opened sardines, and some catnip, and he came out from under the deck. I saw his sea green eyes, and I was almost amazed because I couldn't believe he would be so close and not just come home. And, because it was him, ALIVE, looking fine, and coming towards me (about 15 feet away). However, the neighbor's 2 cats were there with me, all curious so I went to her back porch door and asked if she could keep the kittys in while I got him back. So, she did that, I went back up the hill and under the deck. (This was a steep hill, so there were all kinds of spaces to hide in, even a perfectly ripped-back corner of a grate or vent leading under the foundation that could totally be a cat or raccoon house - I can't believe I never looked further in back of this house!!) SO, I call him, he quietly approaches me, I'm telling him "Here's some foodies, let's go home, the heater's on and it's all warm there..." and he stops to meow quite a bit, saying sooo much, then hesitantly approaches me, but keeping some distance.

He goes behind a part of the deck that goes to the front driveway, directly across from my house, and I meet him there with the sardines, flashlight, and catnip. Put it all down in amazement, and pick him up and carry him home! I'm still sort of in shock, but he's sitting next to me, purring, curling his tail just as fine as could be!

WhereisChai, I'm in Pacifica. Literally right next to Golden Gate National Recreation Area so he could have gotten lost in the wilderness, or worse. Thank you for your kind and encouraging words. I had pretty much given up hope and was really about to be in a serious depression over this and fighting to not be. I was feeling bad because I stopped looking for him, and sort of came to start accepting the loss. Then, someone I'd talk to would tell me yet another story about how their cat was found weeks into months later, so I'd never put the thought completely to sleep. I'd done a bit of visualizing him coming home, but when he didn't, it was just so difficult. I honestly had sort of let it go, the thought of ever seeing him again, and then: I get that call from my neighbor and here he is next to me in my bed in front of the little Dr. Heater heater.

I'm sorry about the heartbreak you experienced with Kona, but I can understand how closure helps us heal, since we know that our friend isn't suffering. I completely know how you are feeling about missing Chai, and like you told me, let's not give in to the sadness. I am amazed that this is how this has ended for me and Meowth. He was just having a fun time out on his own for 15 entire days (I think so, anyway). Plus, I got sightings of him up the hill in the opposite direction two weeks ago, so, just know that cats are survivors, they are complicated and intelligent, and Chai could show up at any time in a neighbor's yard that hasn't yet seen him. I can't believe after 15 days he showed up (around 6:45pm) and it was soo close and no one had seen him before! Keep believing. Maybe let go of some sadness, and accept that Chai is ok, and perhaps even thriving out there. I'm sending positive thoughts that you will and Chai will have a similar reunion very soon. I am still a bit in shock that this has ended up this way.

The one thing is, he is very talkative when I get up out of bed - which is also like my couch. Kinda has a little hoarseness with in his throat. He seems completely fine, must've been eating at neighbors' houses who keep food and water out, or perhaps mousing as he has done in the past. All my best wishes to all the kitties who are perhaps a little lost out there and just need a little help in finding their people.

Thank you all for the messages. I totally can't believe he's back and perfectly clean and has nice breath and everything. The only thing was that I found a tick fall off him onto my bed, but it wasn't engorged w/ blood or anything. I'll write more later for the success story part and write how I could've probably been more thorough with my search in the opposite direction of where someone said they saw him go the night he went missing. I do think they don't stray far, and maybe only after that 2 week period will they let themselves be seen. And, WhereisChai, I'm hoping you and Chai will be reunited soon. He really could be out there doing fine and not wanting you to be worried about him. I tell you, I pretty much had given up and started the grieving and mourning stage because my mental state was in such turmoil and had to find a way to move on. I kept faith that he was on an adventure, but, still completely heartbroken and tried to find a way to go towards moving on in my life. I even kept saying, if I completely let him go, maybe then he will come back to me. And, miracle that it seems to be, that is what happened. Take care.